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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wanstead and Woodford 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1950.
England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)
| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns 'Resident populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Borough of WANSTEAD and WOODFORD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Rates per 1,000 Home Population) | |||||
| Live | 15 8 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 17 8 | 13.5 |
| Still | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.35 |
| All Causes | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 9.6 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.21 |
| Influenza | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 002 | 0:02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.32 |
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0 01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0 03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.50 | 1.56 | 1.61 | 1.23 | 0.91 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.60 | 3.97 | 3 15 | 3.21 | 2.51 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0 17 | 0.11 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — |
| Measles | 8.39 | 8.76 | 8.36 | 6 57 | 4.69 |
| Pneumonia | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0-61 | 0.50 | 0.56 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis): Paralytic | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0. i 4 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.08 |
| Food Poisoning | 0 17 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0 94 |
| (Rates per 1,000 Live Births) | |||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 29.8 | 33.8 | 29.4 | 26 3 | 18 9 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhœa under 2 years | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still) | |||||
| Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 5.81 | 7.43 | 4.33 | 6.03 | 11.5 |